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Douglas County Soldier Reported Killed In Afghanistan

The Pentagon has confirmed an Army Captain with roots on the Oregon Coast has been killed on a mission in Afghanistan.

James Nehl

Courtesy Freedom Remembered

Captain James Nehl served with a Rangers’ Regiment, in an infantry division that was about halfway through a deployment to Afghanistan.

They’ve reportedly been serving in Ghazni Province in the southeastern part of the country. American forces there are trying to make headway fostering resistance against the Taliban among local Afghans.

But the region has also been the site of several targeted killings, in which the victims were men known to have opposed the Taliban.